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Immigration Confirmed You decide

Palantir builds $30M real-time migrant tracking platform

Palantir received a $30 million contract to build a platform for real-time tracking of migrant movements.

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In April 2025, ICE gave Palantir a $30 million contract extension to work on ImmigrationOS, a system that helps keep track of and manage immigration case data.
cnbc.com
Palantir has previously been criticized for its work with ICE and role in President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration. Federal documents from April revealed that the company had a $30 million contract with the agency to provide "real-time visibility" on people self-deporting.
npr.org
Immigration and Customs Enforcement records show Palantir recently received a $30 million contract to build a platform to track migrant movements in real time.

Privacy & surveillance Confirmed In favor

NHS confirms Palantir doesn't hold customer data

Palantir confirmed it does not hold or have access to data collected by the NHS, with only authorized users able to access it.

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Given the worries aired by skeptics of the deal, the NHS confirmed that only "authorized users" will be able to access the data collected, while the provider (in this case, Palantir) will not hold or have access to it.

Israel & Palestine Allegation You decide

Palantir is accused of ramping up AI military tools for Israel

Palantir is accused of ramping up AI-powered military tools for Israel since the Gaza war began, reflecting rising demand for AI systems in conflict contexts.

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Palantir's CEO has doubled down on his support for Israel, saying he's willing to lose staff if it means standing by his principles.
fortune.com
Last January, Palantir inked a strategic partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Defense to supply data analytics and AI technology for the country’s ongoing military operations, including the war in Gaza.
nypost.com
Palantir, the data-mining company, provides the Israeli military as well as that of other countries with artificial intelligence models.
religionnews.com
Palantir Technologies, a data analysis and technology firm that provides militaries with artificial intelligence, has used its technologies to support the Israel Defense Forces post-Oct.
business-humanrights.org
Palantir has ramped up its AI-powered military tools for Israel since the Israel's war in Gaza began, reflecting rising demand for AI systems in conflict context.
For instance, The Nation published an article alleging that Palantir has been supplying the Israeli military with advanced and powerful targeting capabilities, implicating the company in facilitating mass civilian deaths in Gaza.
business-humanrights.org
Palantir has ramped up its AI-powered military tools for Israel since the Israel's war in Gaza began, reflecting rising demand for AI systems in conflict context.
business-humanrights.org
Palantir has ramped up its AI-powered military tools for Israel since the Israel's war in Gaza began, reflecting rising demand for AI systems in conflict context.
business-humanrights.org
Palantir has ramped up its AI-powered military tools for Israel since the Israel's war in Gaza began, reflecting rising demand for AI systems in conflict context.
cnbc.com
Palantir has supplied tools to Israel during the war in Gaza.
themarysue.com
Notably, Palantir entered a contract with the Israeli military in 2024.
westword.com
According to a United Nations report, Palantir provided the Israeli military with artificial intelligence technology able to integrate real-time battlefield data for automated decision-making.

Privacy & surveillance Allegation Against

Palantir is accused of selling customer data to clients

Palantir is accused of selling customer data to another client, potentially for dual-use purposes.

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france24.com
“Although Palantir doesn't allegedly train its systems on client data, it can develop use-cases/applications with that data and sell it to another client, potentially in a dual-use (weaponized) capacity," he said in a Signal message.

Workplace equity Settlement Against

Palantir settles discrimination against 872 African-American and Asian applicants

Palantir settles claims that it discriminated against 872 African-American and Asian applicants who applied for certain positions.

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finance.yahoo.com
A compliance review similar to the one that the Labor Department had conducted at Palantir found that the company discriminated against 872 African-American and Asian applicants who applied for certain positions.
Palantir Settles Federal Discrimination Lawsuit
finance.yahoo.com
Palantir, a privately owned computer software and services company, will pay $1.7 million in back wages and other monetary relief, including the value of stock options, to those who were discriminated against and offer jobs to eight people, the statement said.
Palantir Technologies settles hiring discrimination allegations
buzzfeednews.com
On Friday, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) entered into a consent decree with Palantir Technologies — the software and data company whose clients include government agencies and private companies — to resolve charges of systemic hiring discrimination at the company’s Palo Alto facility.
Palantir Will Pay $1.6 Million In Back Wages In A Discrimination Suit The company has settled with the Department of Labor over charges of systemic hiring discrimination at its Palo Alto facility.
The decree, under which Palantir admits no liability, settles allegations that the company discriminated against Asian applicants in the hiring and selection process for engineering jobs.
congress.gov
Two years prior, in 2017 the OFCCP entered into a consent decree with Palantir Technologies Inc. to resolve charges of systemic hiring discrimination.
Under the terms of the decree, Palantir paid $1,659,434 in back wages to the affected class and extended job offers to eight eligible class members.
courthousenews.com
(CN) – Silicon Valley firm Palantir Technologies must pay $1.6 million to settle charges it engaged in systemic hiring discrimination at the company’s Palo Alto facility.
(CN) – Silicon Valley firm Palantir Technologies must pay $1.6 million to settle charges it engaged in systemic hiring discrimination at the company’s Palo Alto facility. The U.S. Labor Department accused the company of discriminating against Asians applying for engineering job.
Silicon Valley firm Palantir Technologies must pay $1.6 million to settle charges it engaged in systemic hiring discrimination at the company’s Palo Alto facility.
dol.gov
Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit charging that Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto technology company, discriminated systematically against Asian job applicants in its hiring process and selection procedures.
dol.gov
The decree settles OFCCP’s allegations that Palantir Technologies discriminated against Asian applicants in the hiring and selection process for engineering positions.
Under the terms of the decree, Palantir will pay $1,659,434 in back wages and other monetary relief – including the value of stock options – to the affected class and extend job offers to eight eligible class members.
Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a consent decree with Palantir Technologies Inc. to resolve charges of systemic hiring discrimination at the company’s Palo Alto facility.
As a federal contractor, Palantir is prohibited by Executive Order 11246 from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, sex or national origin and is required to take affirmative action to ensure that equal opportunity is provided in all aspects of employment.
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Palantir pays $1.6m in hiring-discrimination settlement
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Palantir on Tuesday settled a claim that it had discriminated against Asians when recruiting new engineers, in the latest sign of how US regulators have taken on some of Silicon Valley’s hiring and pay practices.
kqed.org
An analysis showed a disproportionate number of Asian applicants were rejected for positions at Palantir Technologies.
theguardian.com
The agreement – which establishes a consent decree requiring Palantir to pay $1,659,434 in back wages and other monetary relief – comes weeks after the DoL accused Google of systematically underpaying women.
The labor department first filed the suit against Palantir in September, alleging that the Palo Alto-based company used a discriminatory hiring process in which Asian applicants “were routinely eliminated in the résumé screen and telephone interview phases despite being as qualified as white applicants”.
Palantir, a Silicon Valley company with ties to Donald Trump, has agreed to pay $1.7m to settle a government lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Asian applicants.
In the final year of Barack Obama’s administration, labor officials targeted the California tech sector with high-profile lawsuits alleging discriminatory employment practices at Palantir, Oracle and Google.
Palantir to pay $1.7m over accusation it discriminates against Asian applicants | Silicon Valley | The Guardian

Political spending Confirmed You decide

Palantir backs Trump's $400 million White House renovation

Palantir is among corporate donors backing Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom renovation.

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Palantir is also among dozens of corporate donors — alongside Meta, Amazon, Apple and Google — backing Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom renovation.
aol.com
Palantir is also among dozens of corporate donors — alongside Meta, Amazon, Apple and Google — backing Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom renovation.

Privacy & surveillance Confirmed In favor

Client used Palantir's minimization tool to obfuscate data

The client leveraged Palantir's minimization tool to obfuscate sensitive data in workflows, allowing cell-level access based on demonstrated need.

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sec.gov
The client leveraged Palantir’s minimization tool to obfuscate sensitive data in workflows, while allowing cell-level access by operational users based on demonstrated need.
sec.gov
The client leveraged Palantir’s minimization tool to obfuscate sensitive data in workflows, while allowing cell-level access by operational users based on demonstrated need.
Palantir Foundry’s integrated obfuscation tool for cryptographic processes provided both IT and data governance teams with the necessary functionality and security assurances to establish privacy and governance safeguards in operational workflows carried out by non-technical users.

AI & automation Confirmed Against

Palantir replaces CRM with AI system

Palantir (PLTR) replaced its own CRM with an AI-built system and reduced Navy manufacturing approvals from 200 hours to 15 seconds.

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Palantir (PLTR) operates with only 7 salespeople doing actual selling while generating revenue that would typically require 7,000 at competitors, demonstrating extreme operational efficiency powered by AI; the company replaced its own CRM with an AI-built system in months and its Ship OS reduced Navy manufacturing approvals from 200 hours to 15 seconds.

Political spending Confirmed You decide

Palantir donated $1.25 million to Donald Trump's campaign

Palantir donated $1.25 million to help elect President Donald Trump.

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huffpost.com
While defenders argued Thiel’s words were being taken out of context, maybe it was hard to read the hackneyed “evil is good” spiel earnestly when coming from a man who made much of his fortune from the shady surveillance and data company Palantir, previously donated $1.25 million to help elect President Donald Trump, and has recently been touring around a lecture series on the topic of The Antichrist.